"Keith (Southend)" wrote in message
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On 15/08/2015 16:09, Graham P Davis wrote:
On Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:49:45 +0100
"Keith (Southend)" wrote:

On 15/08/2015 15:12, Eskimo Will wrote:

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On Saturday, 15 August 2015 14:46:25 UTC+1, Keith (Southend)G
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I have Windows 7 and am told I am eligible for the free WIndows 10
upgrade. My question: WIll this be a clean install and wipe
everything else off? Firefox/Thunderbird, Office, and all my
little weather diddies?

Thanks
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Hi Keith.
No it doesn't do a clean wipe. I've 2 laptops, a Windows 7 and
8.1, and I used the Windows 7 for the upgrade to Windows 10. So
far no issues other than familiarity. Old apps still there;
bookmarks, etc. I'll wait a while before upgrading the newer laptop
- let the kinks of Windows 10, whatever they are, be ironed out
first.... Joe
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Windows 10 installed fine for me, upgrade from 8.1 . Go for it, it
looks a nice OS.

Will

Thanks for the heads up...


Back up first though, of course. Then keep your fingers crossed.

Been some reports of upgrade going tits up:
http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/08/0...-pcs-unusable/

Also this little problem was reported a few days ago:
http://www.theguardian.com/technolog...ss-reboot-loop

Mm, best back up then choose a day when I have all the time in the world
and a bottle of JD ;-)


My only problem after the install (and restart) was that Outlook mail would
not send. The solution is to open up Command prompt (admin) and then issue "
sfc /scannow " command. That does a system file scan and repairs and puts
files back in the right place. Worked fine after that. This is common to
other systems too where a file system check is a good thing to do anyway.

Good luck, but I think you'll be fine!

Will
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